UNPALATABLE


Meaning of UNPALATABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnpælɪtəb(ə)l ]

1.

If you describe an idea as unpalatable , you mean that you find it unpleasant and difficult to accept.

It is an unpalatable fact that rape makes a good news story...

It was only then that I began to learn the unpalatable truth about John.

= distasteful

ADJ

2.

If you describe food as unpalatable , you mean that it is so unpleasant that you can hardly eat it.

...a lump of dry, unpalatable cheese.

ADJ

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